Improvement in champagne-taps



W. '& R. BENTLEY. Champagne-Tap.

No. 203,314. Patented May 7,1878.

WWHEEEEEQ I VE T "WZV UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BENTLEY AND RICHARD BENTLEY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHAMPAGNE-TAPS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 203,314, dated May 7, 1878 5 application filed March 19, 1878. i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM BENTLEY and RICHARD BENTLEY, both of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Champagne-Taps, of which the following is a specification:

Our invention relates to that class of bottlefaucets, such as patented to us October 17, 1876, formed of a perforated puncturing-tube, provided at the top with a solid head and branch pipe inclosing a valve, and adapted to be forced through the corks of bottles of champagne or similar efl'ervescin g liquids, to draw the same as desired without removing the cork; and our present invention consists in the special construction of the valve portion of the faucet, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure l in the annexed drawings represents an elevation, partly in section, of our improved device. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line :20 m.

In the drawings, A is the solid head. B is the cylindrical tapping tube, having a solid tapering point, 12, and perforations b, which are inclined toward the point of the tube. 0 is the branch tube, with small outlet-tube D, all formed in the usual manner. Within the tube 0 is inclosed the valve-stem G, which passes through a tight-fitting hole in the cap I, screwed on the end of the tube 0, the outer end terminating in an operatingknob, H, while the inner end is formed conical, to actas a valve, which is seated in the conical aperture of the head of the branch pipe. Thevalve-stem is also provided with an encircling collar, E, which is fixed to the valve-stem, and receives the contact of the spring K, the opposite end of which bears against the screw-cap I. The spring encircles the valve-stem and keeps the valve pressed tightly to its seat. The collar E tightly fits the aperture of the branch tube 0, and prevents the escape of the fluid at any other point except through the outlet-tube D. We preferably provide an elastic packing-disk, c, between the branch tube 0 and screw'cap' I, through which the valve-stem passes.

The valve, as shown in the drawings, is arranged to open outwardly; or we can construct it to open inwardly or by compression by a simple modification, as will be understood, without departing from the spirit of our invention.

It will be readily seen that when the tap has been forced into a bottle containing an effervescing fluid, by simply drawing the valve from its seat by means of the handle H the fluid will be forced through the ventholes b and branch and outlet tubes 0 and D. When enough fluid has been withdrawn, by simply releasing the handle H the valve will be forced to its seat and held there, preventing any further escape of the gas from the bottle.

What we claim is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a champagne-tap composed of a perforated tube, B, solid upright head A, and lateral branch tube 0, provided with a spring-valve, K, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with the perforated tube B, head A, and branch tube 0, provided with the outlet-tube D and screw-cap I, the valvestem G, inclosed within the branch tube 0, passing through the screw-cap, and provided with the knob H and the collar E, the said collar being fixed to the valve-stem, fitting the aperture of the branch pipe, and receiving the contact of the seating-spring K, which is held between the said collar and screw-cap, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM BENTLEY. RICHARD BENTLEY. Witnesses:

EDWARD H. WALES, CHAS. M. Hreenvs. 

